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The election of 2008 shattered political barriers, illuminated under-currents of race, gender, and class, and ignited an extraordinary battle among some of the most formidable political rivals ever to seek the presidency in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain. It was an election that played out against a back-drop of wars, a failing economy, and deep pessimism about the future. Book jacket.

Dan Balz is the lead political reporter for The Washington Post and a regular commentator on Face the Nation and Meet the Press. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Hayes Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize winner and author of fourteen books, holds the Knight Chair in Journalism at the University of Maryland and lives in Washington, D.C. Both are regular guests on Washington Week on PBS, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and the Today show.